Here’s an opportunity that I feel worth passing on to you:

4 Day Storytelling Course with Judith Blackin the seaport town of Marblehead, MA 01945 June 22, 24, 25,  2009

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Mnemonic devices are excellent tools for teachers who want to help their students remember important facts. An interesting and fun exercise that I talk about in my seminars is to have your students try to come up with their own mnemonic devices.

Practice Mnemonics as a Group

I’ve had more success with ‘group’ mnemonics than individual student mnemonics. If the entire group or class has the same memory trick, then Read the rest of this entry »

Power Writing Supports Long Term Memory and Writing Skills

Pat Murray, from Greater Latrose High School in Latrose, PA uses power writing as a technique to help transfer information from short term to long term memory. She suggests that students power write about what they’ve learned for 3 minutes immediately following a 15 minute lecture. Visual learners could also add stick-figure drawings to provide memory cues and enhance what they write.

Power writing can also be used as a way to improve writing skill. Mr. Smiddy, of Staunton Elementary, defines power writing as “a method of writing designed to improve students’ writing through a three step process.

The beginning step teaches Read the rest of this entry »

One of my “12 Ways Series” articles was just published at Teachers.Net Gazette: